No water waste valve

ABSTRACT

A combination of 3 ball valves which empty the hot water line of cold water, that line being the line which is from the hot water heater source to a desired faucet. A faucet being any location where hot water is desired without wasting water that is cold in the hot line. To not waste water to achieve hot water, the cold water in the hot line is used to fill the bathroom stool when it is flushed. The invention allows by adjustment a setting to let cold water to combine with the cold from the hot line to have a measured amount of water to complete the fill of the tank of a bathroom stool. The invention of ball valve combination can be installed with water lines in its entirety in a bathroom when no access is available to the location of the hot water source. The only additional line needed is a tube or pipe from the invention at the stool to a T located at the sink area or shower tub area of the faucet A power source such as electric is not necessary for installation or operation.

The invention (valve) is to save water that is usually wasted whenrunning a hot water source to the point of hot water being available ata sink, shower or tub faucet. Water in a hot water line cools and mustbe emptied before the line again contains hot water for use. When theline is emptied that water normally is run into a drain and thereforenever used, and is wasted.

The invention is generally used in household water systems. Thisinvention uses the normally wasted water (cold water in a hot line) tofill a bathroom stool tank after it is flushed. As when a bathroom isused, the stool is most likely to be used. In addition after the stoolis used a person washes their hands or showers, both actions needing hotwater for sanitary purposes. The valve reduces the time needed to waitfor hot water at the sink, shower, or tub faucet, considered aconvenience in addition to saving water.

The valve also reduces the need to process wasted water (cold water in ahot line) in a treatment plant.

The invention is contained in a case with 3 ball valves 4 5 6 fordiversion and measuring water. The device has two inlets for water, onecold line 1 and one hot line 2. The device has one outlet 3 to thebathroom stool. The cold inlet 1 is from the normal hookup location(cold water line) of a bathroom stool source. The hot line inlet 2 isfrom the source where hot water use is desired. The line is the way toempty a hot water line of cold water to the point (sink shower or tubfaucet) of hot water use. The use source would generally be a sink tub,or shower but may have other areas of destination for use. The interiorof the case includes an additional line which is used to regulate by oneball valve 4, the amount of cold water, determined by the capacity ofthe hot water line from a water heating device to a desired use, sinkshower or tub needed to complete the filling of the bathroom stool tank.Total water needed in the stool tank is the amount needed from the hotwater line to empty that line of cold water plus cold water from thecold line to equal approximately 1.5 gallons of water the capacity of astool tank.

The valve 4 is adjusted at installation of the invention and should notneed additional adjustment. This adjustment is done by the one ballvalve 4 as shown on the drawings. Valve 5 is used to turn on or off coldwater, the amount not needed to measure the flow of water. Valve 6 isused to turn on or off the line running from the hot water line. Valve 6and 5 are always opposite of each other, on or off. When 5 is on and 6is off the invention is in a position of functioning like a normalsupply with cold water only to the bathroom stool. When 6 is on and 5 isoff the invention will be functioning as desired, saving water andadding convenience.

The need to shut off flow through valve 6 is when a stool is used againbefore the hot water line contents have cooled. If the shut-off optionwas not possible actual hot water would fill the stool tank. The devicehas a lever 7 to turn off or on valve 5 and 6. The lever 7 can bereplaced by a thermostat actuator.

The invention is totally free from any power source.

VIEW OF DRAWING

Valve 4 is the ball valve set during installation, regulating andsupplying additional cold water to complete the filling of a stool tank.The valve will always be on if additional water is needed.

Valve 5 will always be turned off to flow when the device is in use toempty cold water in the hot line.

Valve 6 will always be turned on fully when the device is in use, andcompletely turned off when not being used.

Levered gear 7 on the hot water valve is manually operated to turn onthe device or to turn it off to use cold water for operating thebathroom stool. The levered gear moves the other gear counter, which inturn makes the 5 valve be opposite the 6 valve.

1. Save water and obtain hot water at a desired location without a powersource.
 2. Save processing costs at disposal, by using less water. 3.Easy installation and contained only in bathroom and good for existingconstruction.
 4. Does not need line or power source to for recirculationof cold water.
 5. Low cost easy installation, especially in existinghousing.
 6. Obtain hot water at any location in home if desired.
 7. Lesspower needed to produce water.
 8. Less power used to process lesseffluent water.
 9. Low cost easy manufacture.
 10. Low cost availabilityto more consumers.